An Answer to High Gas Prices: Surgeon uses human fat to run his cars

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Surgeon uses human fat to run his cars
Health department raids liposuction clinic as doctor leaves for South America
By Guy Adams in Los Angeles
Friday, 26 December 2008


Alan Bittner has been accused of removing too much fat from three patients

A leading Beverly Hills plastic surgeon claims to have found an environmentally friendly way to combine two of America's great obsessions – after converting his 4x4 to run on fat removed from clients during liposuction operations.

Alan Bittner, who founded a high-profile clinic on Rodeo Drive, the Bond Street of Los Angeles, claims to be able to power both his Ford Explorer and his girlfriend's Lincoln Navigator on biofuel converted from excess flesh from human tums, bums and thighs. "The vast majority of my patients request that I use their fat for fuel – and I have more fat than I can use," he says. "Not only do they get to lose their love handles or chubby belly, but they get to take part in saving the Earth."
Surgeon uses human fat to run his cars

Dr Bittner made his claim in a posting on the internet site lipodiesel.com, adding that he has performed roughly 7,000 liposuction operations, and that a gallon of human fat will produce roughly the same quantity of biofuel.

Scientists say there is no reason why human fat cannot be turned into biofuel, since it contains triglycerides which are no different from those found in waste animal fats that are already being used for the same purpose. However the discovery left medical regulators unimpressed. Using human medical waste to power vehicles (or indeed for any other commercial purpose) is largely illegal, and Dr Bittner's clinic has been raided by California Health Department officials. The magazine Forbes says that Dr Bittner's ability to create what he calls "lipodiesel" first came to light in lawsuits filed by several former patients, who recently accused him of allowing his girlfriend and assistant, who were both unlicensed, to carry out intricate operations.

A gallon of "lipodiesel" will give motorists roughly the same mileage as they would get from regular diesel, the magazine added. At present, most biofuel is made from a mixture of specially grown corn, and left-over beef or pork products.

Sadly, Dr Bittner is no longer around to bask in his new-found fame. His practice in Beverly Hills suddenly closed shortly after last month's raid, and he is believed to have moved to South America.

Lawyers representing several former patients are currently attempting to track him down. One of them, Andrew Besser, claims Dr Bittner's unlicensed girlfriend removed too much fat from his three clients, leaving them horribly disfigured. Dozens of other patients have complained to the State Medical Board, he added.

Dr Bittner's lawyer is yet to comment. A notice on his website claims that the doctor is currently living in Colombia.

Y yo, pa' vivir con miedo, prefiero morir sonriendo, con el recuerdo vivo".
- Ruben Blades, "Adan Garcia"

[porpoishead 8]

sounds like he bailed to wait out the statute of limitations....

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Perry Farrell

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Nah, he just went to Colombia to harvest energy for the aviation industry :-)

Ass, Gas or Fat , nobody rides for free :-)

Y yo, pa' vivir con miedo, prefiero morir sonriendo, con el recuerdo vivo".
- Ruben Blades, "Adan Garcia"

[Jumpah 0]

Anyone else laughing hard about this story? Brilliant!

[aresye 0]

Funny to think of people using their own fat from lazniness to power their cars so they don't have to walk.

Skydiving: You either learn from other's mistakes, or they'll learn from yours.

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Does my fat ass makes this car go fast?

Y yo, pa' vivir con miedo, prefiero morir sonriendo, con el recuerdo vivo".
- Ruben Blades, "Adan Garcia"

[ryoder 1,590]

So sad; Someone points out that Americans are literally sitting on an inexhaustible source of energy that could eliminate our dependence on foreign oil overnight, but there is a law against it.

"There are only three things of value: younger women, faster airplanes, and bigger crocodiles" - Arthur Jones.

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Yeah.... just imagine, Oprah could fuel the city of Chicago for a week! And we still have Dr Phil in reserve!

Y yo, pa' vivir con miedo, prefiero morir sonriendo, con el recuerdo vivo".
- Ruben Blades, "Adan Garcia"

[gearless_chris 1]

I bet they'd have no trouble at all finding volunteers, where do I sign up?

"If it wasn't easy stupid people couldn't do it", Duane.

My momma said I could be anything I wanted when I grew up, so I became an a$$hole.

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Apply directly at a trucker's stop, they can use some ass....oooppppsss. I meant gas! (So far the good Dr. was only able to produce diesel)

Y yo, pa' vivir con miedo, prefiero morir sonriendo, con el recuerdo vivo".
- Ruben Blades, "Adan Garcia"

[Gene03 0]

Brings a whole new meaning to the term BIO-diesel.

“The only fool bigger than the person who knows it all is the person who argues with him.

Stanislaw Jerzy Lec quotes (Polish writer, poet and satirist 1906-1966)

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human fat for cars, and then you can pee on the batteries to charge them... Just saw a thing on tv about urine powered batteries. Was very interesting.

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Gawwwd. It must smell horrible!!

Be yourself!
MooOOooOoo

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Gawwwd. It must smell horrible!!

Nah, add a bit of ethanol for stability ....

Can you say MorguePetrol ?

Y yo, pa' vivir con miedo, prefiero morir sonriendo, con el recuerdo vivo".
- Ruben Blades, "Adan Garcia"

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Next thing we know, farts will get us extra altitude... who will need boobies then?

Y yo, pa' vivir con miedo, prefiero morir sonriendo, con el recuerdo vivo".
- Ruben Blades, "Adan Garcia"